Sources: the US has drafted a rule that would require countries whose companies buy large volumes of Nvidia and AMD AI chips to invest in US AI infrastructure
Draft rule would require countries to invest in America in exchange for advanced semiconductors — The US commerce department …
Sources: US officials propose expanding AI chip export controls globally, requiring Commerce Department approval for Nvidia and AMD shipments for each country
worldwide licensing system would give Trump admin broad authority to block global salesIan Lyall /Proactive:US moves to require approval for all AI chip exportsAnanya Gairola /Benz...
Sources: US officials propose expanding AI chip export controls globally, requiring Commerce Department approval for Nvidia and AMD shipments for each country
Nvidia Corp. has long been the world's AI kingmaker. Now, the Trump administration is considering taking a formal role in the industry …
Polymarket trades on contracts tied to strikes on Iran hit $529M, and six new accounts profited a total of $1M by betting on the US to strike Iran by Feb. 28
As US and Israeli bombs fell on Iran this weekend, bettors on Polymarket — where $529 million was traded on contracts tied to the timing of the strikes — were cashing in.
ESPN plans to make its College Gameday telecast available on host Pat McAfee's X account, as Disney and YouTube TV continue to spar over a new carriage deal
Can Pat McAfee help Disney prevail over YouTube TV in TV's never-ending carriage wars? — Disney's ESPN said it would make one …
EA and Stability AI announce a partnership to build game developer tools, including “smarter paintbrushes” to quickly generate high-quality 2D textures
Video game giant Electronic Arts has struck a new partnership with generative tech company Stability AI …
Sources: Polymarket is in early talks with investors to raise funds at a $12B to $15B valuation, up from ~$8B pre-investment in a raise earlier in October
The prediction market Polymarket is holding early conversations with investors and looking to raise money at a valuation between $12 billion …
Sources: Apple's foldable iPad with an 18" screen faces engineering challenges tied to weight, features, and display tech, pushing its debut to 2029 or later
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg :
Opera Neon hands-on: the $20-per-month agentic AI browser can take over users' browsing tasks, but its three built-in AI bots can be confusing and unreliable
Neon is three AI tools dressed up as one, with a $20-per-month subscription attached. … The trick to understanding Opera's Neon browser …
Uber plans to launch data labelling tasks in the US for some drivers to earn extra money, appearing under “digital tasks” in the driver app, later this fall
Uber Technologies Inc. is giving some drivers in the US the option to earn money by completing tasks related …
Sources: Amazon plans to cut as much as 15% of its 10,000+ HR employees, and additional layoffs will likely affect other areas of its core consumer business
Amazon is preparing to cut as much as 15% of its human resources staff, with additional layoffs likely in other divisions …
Perplexity is making its AI browser Comet, previously $200/month with Perplexity Max, free, with rate limits; Perplexity says Comet has millions on its waitlist
Follow Charles Rollet … Saved — Add us on — Perplexity is making its $200-a-month browser free for everyone.
Research: low productivity gains from AI may stem from employees using AI to produce “workslop”, or low-effort, passable work that creates more work for others
A confusing contradiction is unfolding in companies embracing generative AI tools: while workers are largely following mandates …
White House says TikTok's new US entity would lease a copy of ByteDance's algorithm, which Oracle would retrain; US users wouldn't need to re-download the app
TikTok's new U.S. entity would lease its algorithm from Chinese owner ByteDance under the terms of a proposed deal between the U.S. and China …
OpenAI CPO Kevin Weil will become VP of OpenAI for Science, a new group with the goal of building an “AI-powered platform that accelerates scientific discovery”
and accelerate research all over the world. Bluesky: @saltcreekbrews : I wasn't clear enough with my last post but this is clearly just a play to steal taxpayer dollars from NSF, N...
OpenAI shuffles its executive roles and acquires product analytics company Statsig for $1.1B, with Statsig CEO Vijaye Raji becoming OpenAI's CTO of Applications
It was a big weekend for the ChatGPT-maker. … OpenAI has started to build out its Applications team under Fidji Simo …
Meta is updating how it trains AI chatbots to prioritize teen safety and will limit teen access to certain characters, as it works on long-term safety updates
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch :
Sources: Revolut considers buying a US bank to get an American banking license to expand lending capabilities, a faster route than applying for its own permit
Acquisition would be faster route for fintech to start lending in US than applying for permit of its own
Julius AI, which acts like a data scientist by analyzing data and running predictive models from natural language prompts, raised a $10M seed led by Bessemer
and gets you answers in seconds Tom / nextbigwhat : Julius AI Secures $10M Seed Round Led by Bessemer Venture Partners Bluesky: @saltcreekbrews : Yay dress up Mechanical Turks [emb...
Circle applies for a US national trust bank license, which would let it act as a custodian for its own reserves and hold crypto for its institutional clients
Hannah Lang / Reuters :